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Donald Trump was born in the Year of the Dog. Since we have his full birth information it is possible to plot his Four Pillars of Destiny.

Donald Trump was born in the Year of the Dog—the Fire Dog to be specific—according to the Chinese horoscope. It is believed that the Fire Dog is naturally charismatic and easily attracts attention.

In popular year animal zodiac astrology, you only look at the year animal sign. In this case, we have the full birth information for Donald Trump, so we can plot his Four Pillars of Destiny.

The Four Pillars refer to the Year, Month, Day and Hour. Each person has a year animal, month animal, day animal and hour animal.

Trump is an Earth person

Donald J Trump was born on 14 June, 1946 at 10:54am (Eastern Daylight Time) in New York, so his full natal Chinese Astrology (Four Pillars) chart looks like this:

Trump is a Fire Dog in the year pillar. His month animal is the Wood Horse, his day animal is the Earth Goat, and his hour animal is the Earth Snake.

When the Snake, Horse and Goat come together in a chart they form a strong influence for fire because these three are the creatures carrying the strongest fire elements. The Fire element feeds the earth element, and Donald Trump is an Earth person.

You find the person in the chart by looking at the day pillar, and here you see that there’s the Earth Goat. The Earth element sitting on top of the Goat represents the person in the chart. Earth types are renowned for their determination, and they often remain immovable, which sounds familiar to anyone with even a passing knowledge of Trump.

Because he has a lot of the Fire element beneath his Earth persona, he can easily gather a lot of support, something he showed during the election that he is able to do with ease.

A shift in politics

The Wood element in the month pillar next to his Earth persona represents power in his chart. You guessed it: his chart shows that he loves power. From billionaire businessman to president is quite a transformation, with perhaps the only similarity between the two being power itself.

Donald Trump’s chart is a special type of Four Pillars chart - it’s known as a follow the transformation type of chart. People who have this type of chart tend to do things differently, so watch out for a shift in politics.

There have already been signs of this happening in how the President-elect has been handling diplomatic relations with other countries, including China.

Sharp words from the White House

What does 2017, the year of the Rooster bring for the 45th President of the United States? The Rooster carries metal element, and for an Earth persona, metal represents expression and creativity. Will you be hearing a lot of sharp words from the Oval Office?

In China, the preparations for celebrating the new Rooster year include a giant Donald Trump Rooster statue. It seems that the flamboyance and hairstyle of the next president of the US are suited to the Rooster image.

Rooster year could also bring a wake-up call to international trade and politics, thanks to the combination of the Rooster and the Chinese horoscope of Donald Trump.